Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-25
Nj E ID L @ A l. IN III A L A + 1 o N
Combined with Constitutional Remedies.

OUR TREATMENT OF THE DISEASES
~ of the respiratory passages con,ists In
its direct effects on the diseased organs;
and, at the same time, adopting such hy-
gienic measures and administering such
medicines by the stomach as will most eff
the nervous system, and bald up and
strengthen the general constitution. In
other words, we employ combined local
and general treatment
stating briefly what Medical inhalation
Is, we propose, in as few words as possible,
to state clearly what 1t Is not.
Medical Inhalation is not cure-all q
nostrum, or panacea. 1t is not specific
rem edy for any disease. 1t is not quack
medicine, or advertised to cure any or all
the ills that flesh Is heir to, an intended to
fill the pockets of its proprietors. 1t is NOT
a talisman, whose possession 1nsures health
to its p"ssessor without the intervention OF
sense or judgment Medical Inhalation is
none of these things.
Medical Iuhalation is simply and solely a
method of taking medicines by fnhaling or
breathing them into the lungs instead of
swallowing them into the stomach. BY In
hslation, the proper medicines are applied
directly to the seat OF the disease, in the
nose, throat or lungs; and 1t Is clear to
every reasoning perton how pec;uliadriy ;1dndy ap;; p;
the organs named. II you have scalded or
burned the surface of the body, or wounded
any limb or member you DO not swallow
the remedy intended to heal the disor-
ganized tissue. On the contrary, you apply
1t directly to the seat of the wound or In
jury Why. then. when suffering from ca
tari h of the nasal passages or throat, or af
ficted wi h ulceratio of the lungs, should
you rely ON medicines taken Into the
Medical Inhalation not only applies the
proper healing remedies to the seat OF the
disease, but 1t applies the remedy In the
gaseous or vaporous fern, IN which form
fully How much greater. for example, ts
the effect of drachm of chloroform, when
iuhaied or breathed, than many times the
quantity when swallowed into the stomach:
The same is true Of chlorine, of iodine. and
of many other substances By inhalation
the medicine is not poured into the stomach
and thence sent wandering through the
system in search of malady which may be
mainly or entlrelya a local one; but 6y this
method the proper remedy is applied di-
rectly to the diseased organ. Who, after
studyii & the anotomy OF the lungs can
doubt that Inflammation and liberation OF
the airtubes and air-cells. the direc; appli-
cation of the healing medicine by inhala
ton to the diseased p rts, is the correct and
rational method of treatment? Who. on
the other hand, can be SO irrational as to
believe that the proper and direct way to
reach the diseased surfaces of the ir-
passages in this case. is by the way OF the
stomach? Physiology. teaches us that the
membrane, or skin, lining the air r-passages
Of the nose, throat and lungs, ~ Sol only a q
as thai which covers the external surface
of the body. Whv, then, should local treat
ment be proper and necessary Tor imam
nations, congestiOns and ulcerations OF the
one and not be equally SO In the case OF the
other?
Our experience and success in treating
diseases of the nose. throat and lungs. de-
monstrates, beyond all question, that the
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that treatment which combines the local
effects of medical inhalation with the con-
stitutional effects of systematic remedies,
given in the usual way by the stomach
Que or both methods must De aoopteu as
the circumstances demand, and such rene
dies must be employed as the exper ence
and Judgment of the physician have proved
to be proper in each particular case.
Medical AdvOC ates of Inhalation.
PHYSICIANS who were educated twenty
years ago or more, and who have not Kept
up with the times in the advance In medl-
cal science, have very little idea OF the great
importance all leading writers now give to
Medical Inhalation in the treatment OF pull
monary diseases. To such an extent Is this
true that no patient should intrust his Case
to auy physician who Is not well prepared
and tn roughly equipped Win Oa,e everything ihg
proper remedies by the method of lnhala'
ton.
The numerous cures effected by 1nhala-
lation in cases seemingly past all help, ana
the uniform success attending Its us In
diseases of the respiratory organs, rende q
it OBJ ,igatOry on every honest physician to
at once apply himself to gain practical
knowledge Of the Inhalation, or, If that is
not possible, he Is at least pOuho 10 oecllne
to treat such cases.
Among the most eminent physicians OF
the age VIII are fully awakened to the value
of Medical Inhalation in these diseases are
The ceie brated DR.. Burden saun ierson; |;
Dr.. La Roche, OF the Paris Academy OF
Medicine; DR.. Frederick Langhaus, OF Ber-
lin; Drs. Klebs and Tommasi-CruHei; sir
archibald Dickson, of Edinburgh, scotland
DR.. Eichler, DR.. Cameron DR.. Gurdon Buck
Prot. Albert Lehert, the celebrated Dr.
Hughlings jackson the venerable DR.. Rob-
ert Dickinson: Prof; Thierfelder. Spencer
Wells, DR.. Hilton Flagge, Or g. T, Wo0d,
Richard Thompson, DR.. r, ) Carpenter.
Drs Anstie, Ball, Fuller. Lancereaux,
Krauss. Huguenie, Heller, Orth, Corriyan,
Fenwick. and many others.
With Scarcely a single exception every
medical authority of eminence rec0gnizes
the wonderful potency OF this new method,
and the coming generation OF physicians
are certain to be thoroughly eoucated
therein. At present 1t Is only rev pnysi, p.aTi
eases of Respiration" a life study tn t are
fitted In any way to employ the wonderful
resources of Medical Inhalation in the cure
of these diseases.
The Durability OF Consumption.
For FIVE years the celebrated DR.. l. H
Bennet waa pathologist to the X yal In-
Urinary of Edinburgh, and In his great
work on "Consumption" he makes the fol.
lowing statement:
During this period l made upwards Of
1000 post mortem examinations of persons
constantly meeting with cases in which l
found cavities in the lungs from consump.
ton, which had evidently healed up or
cicatrized years before. the death OF the
successful in restoring the wasted lung
su bstance, but the cavities were dried up,
the progress of the disease ARE rested, and
the subject lived for years, with diminished
lung power 1t is true, but otherwise In good
health"
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